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1999 Session

Budget Amendments - HB1450 (Member Request)

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Chief Patron: Katzen
Co-Patron(s): Callahan
Eliminate Inmate Labor at Sky Meadows (language only)

Item 476 #2h

Item 476 #2h

Public Safety
Institutions, Division of

Language
Page 363, after line 7, insert:
"The Department of Corrections shall eliminate the use of prisoners from the White Post Correctional Center for clean up and maintenance of Sky Meadows State Park."


Explanation
(This amendment would cause the Department of Corrections to cease using inmate labor for maintenance at Sky Meadows State Park. The use of inmate labor at Sky Meadows State Park was authorized by the 1997 Session of the General Assembly. Inmates are used in the Park to repair fences, paint and repair barns and outbuildings and perform other general maintenance.)